OREANDA-NEWS From 2019 to 2030, experts at the Higher School of Economics have estimated that Russia could lose 1.9 million of its workforce. This is reported by RBC with reference to the digest "Demographic changes and labor supply in the regions of Russia," writes Gazeta. ru.

According to experts, along with the reduction of the total workforce will change its age composition. It is expected that by 2030, the proportion of those under 40 years of age in the workforce will decrease to 37.4% (from 42% in 2019).

The NIU HSE report explained that the number of workers in the country is changing due to three demographic factors. These are mortality, migration, and the number of young people starting work, as well as retirees. The strongest reduction in the share of able-bodied population may be in Moscow, St. Petersburg, as well as the Moscow and Leningrad regions, the Higher School of Economics pointed out.

In April, the head of the Ministry of Labor Anton Kotyakov said that there are about 3.1 million unemployed in Russia.